# Members of the Australian Senate, 1953–1956

   Senate composition at 1 July 1953
   Government (31) - (1 seat majority)
    Liberal (26)
    Country Party (5)
   Opposition (29)
    Labor (29)
     Changes in composition
   * 1 2 Agnes Robertson left the Liberal Party in 1955, then after 21 days as an independent joined the Country Party.
   * ↑ George Cole joined the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) in 1955, which became the Democratic Labor Party in 1957.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1953 to 1956. Half of its members were elected at the 28 April 1951 election and had terms deemed to start on 1 July 1950 and finishing on 30 June 1956; the other half were elected at the 9 May 1953 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1953 and finishing on 30 June 1959.
| Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office |
| Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1938–1965 |
| Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1959 | 1953–1975 |
| John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938–1962 |
| James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1941–1965 |
| Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938–1958 |
| Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1959 | 1938–1965 |
| Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1950–1968 |
| Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1959 | 1932–1965 |
| Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1955–1965, 1968–1974 |
| Condon Byrne | Labor | Queensland | 1959 | 1951–1959, 1968–1974 |
| Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938–1962 |
| George Cole | Labor/ALP (A-C) | Tasmania | 1959 | 1950–1965 |
| Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1947–1951, 1952–1965 |
| Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1956 | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 |
| Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1937–1962 |
| Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1947–1959 |
| Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1946–1957 |
| James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1938–1959 |
| John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1950–1968 |
| Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1944–1959 |
| Allan Guy | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1956 |
| Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1950–1967 |
| John Harris | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1947–1951, 1953–1959 |
| Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1947–1971 |
| Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1968 |
| Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1959 | 1950–1965 |
| Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1953–1971 |
| Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1959 | 1951–1969 |
| Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1959 | 1950–1965 |
| John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1959 | 1953–1975 |
| Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1946, 1950–1968 |
| John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1962 |
| Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1944–1968 |
| George McLeay | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1935–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1959 | 1951–1971 |
| Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1968 |
| Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1959 | 1947–1981 |
| Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1962 |
| Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1947–1962 |
| Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1951–1966 |
| Rex Pearson | Liberal | South Australia | 1959 | 1951–1961 |
| Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1947–1971 |
| George Rankin | Country | Victoria | 1956 | 1950–1956 |
| Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1962 |
| Agnes Robertson | Liberal / Ind. / Country | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1962 |
| John Ryan | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1950–1959 |
| Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1947–1956, 1957–1966 |
| Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1959 | 1950–1971 |
| Harrie Seward | Country | Western Australia | 1959 | 1951–1958 |
| Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938–1940, 1944–1962 |
| John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1940–1944, 1950–1956 |
| Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1965 |
| Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1943–1968 |
| Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1953–1971 |
| Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1964 |
| Robert Wardlaw | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1953–1962 |
| Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1959 | 1950–1971 |
| Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1975 |
| Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1959 | 1950–1978 |
| Robert Wordsworth | Liberal | Tasmania | 1959 | 1950–1959 |
| Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1978 |